diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/CHANGELOG.md b/src/pytorch_lightning/CHANGELOG.md
index 1516b74453842..cc7fe7b2c0d84 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed default `amp_level` for `DeepSpeedPrecisionPlugin` to `O2` ([#13897](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/13897))
 
 
+- Fixed Python 3.10 compatibility for truncated back-propagation through time (TBPTT) ([#13973](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/13973))
+
+
 
 ## [1.6.5] - 2022-07-13
 
diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/core/module.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/core/module.py
index a66c7679b3ee0..b8cc1d91cde18 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/core/module.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/core/module.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """The LightningModule - an nn.Module with many additional features."""
 
-import collections
+import collections.abc
 import inspect
 import logging
 import numbers
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ def tbptt_split_batch(self, batch, split_size):
                     for i, x in enumerate(batch):
                         if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor):
                             split_x = x[:, t:t + split_size]
-                        elif isinstance(x, collections.Sequence):
+                        elif isinstance(x, collections.abc.Sequence):
                             split_x = [None] * len(x)
                             for batch_idx in range(len(x)):
                               split_x[batch_idx] = x[batch_idx][t:t + split_size]
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ def tbptt_split_batch(self, batch, split_size):
             if :paramref:`~pytorch_lightning.core.module.LightningModule.truncated_bptt_steps` > 0.
             Each returned batch split is passed separately to :meth:`training_step`.
         """
-        time_dims = [len(x[0]) for x in batch if isinstance(x, (Tensor, collections.Sequence))]
+        time_dims = [len(x[0]) for x in batch if isinstance(x, (Tensor, collections.abc.Sequence))]
         assert len(time_dims) >= 1, "Unable to determine batch time dimension"
         assert all(x == time_dims[0] for x in time_dims), "Batch time dimension length is ambiguous"
 
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ def tbptt_split_batch(self, batch, split_size):
             for i, x in enumerate(batch):
                 if isinstance(x, Tensor):
                     split_x = x[:, t : t + split_size]
-                elif isinstance(x, collections.Sequence):
+                elif isinstance(x, collections.abc.Sequence):
                     split_x = [None] * len(x)
                     for batch_idx in range(len(x)):
                         split_x[batch_idx] = x[batch_idx][t : t + split_size]